Low Income Apartments and Affordable Housing For Rent in Cairo, IL

Discover affordable housing in Cairo where there are 6+ housing opportunities based on income and household needs like accessible units for seniors or persons with disabilities. Find and apply to these low income apartments now.

Delta Apartments

1207 Commercial Ave, Cairo, Illinois 62914

Little Egypt Housing CO Keyhole to Oppo

1600 Yost Drive, Cairo, Illinois 62914

Little Egypt Apartments

310 18th St, Cairo, Illinois 62914

Scattered Sites

430 14th St, Cairo, Illinois 62914

Connell F Smith Bldg

1101 Ohio St, Cairo, Illinois 62914

Mc Bride Place

700 Elmwood Pl, Cairo, Illinois 62914

The Hourly Wage Needed to Afford A Safe, Modest 2 Bed Apartment In Cairo, Illinois
$17.67/hour
$3.67 (+26%) more than Illinois minimum wage and $10.42 (+144%) more than the Federal minimum wage.
Learn More About Cairo, Illinois Affordable Housing ↓

What HUD offices serve Cairo, Illinois?

Public Housing Agencies operate federally assisted affordable housing programs at local levels on behalf of HUD. Notably, housing agencies are responsible for managing Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, Public Housing, and Project-Based Voucher waiting lists within their jurisdiction.

Operates the Public Housing programs for Cairo, Illinois.
Operates the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Family Self-Sufficiency, Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) programs for Cairo, Illinois.

Go to the Illinois Public Housing and Low-Income Apartments Waiting Lists page for openings near Cairo.

How many renters live in Cairo, Illinois?

The City of Cairo has 1,510 people living in 548 households.

There are 270 renters living in 189 renter households in this City. Renters make up 17.88 percent of the population living in Cairo.

What is the rental market like in Cairo, Illinois?

There are an estimated 1,175 housing units in the Cairo area. Of these, 248 units are rental homes, making up 21 percent of the housing market. For every renter household in Cairo, Illinois, there are 1 rental units.

What is the vacancy rate for rentals in Cairo?

The rental vacancy rate in Cairo is 24 percent. This is a higher than average vacancy rate. When rental vacancy rates are high it means that there are a lot of available units and rents tend to be lower.

How many rental units are in Cairo for each bedroom size?

Occupied Rental Units by Size in Cairo
Studio One-Bedroom Two-Bedroom Three-Bedroom Four+ Bedrooms
89 43 39 18 0
Occupied Rental Units by Size in Cairo

A large number of apartments in Cairo have two or fewer bedrooms. Seniors and young professionals especially may have more success finding an apartment that meets their needs.

How many renter households in Cairo are overburdened by housing costs?

Among renter households in this market, 24 percent have housing cost burden. Further, 3 percent of households are extremely rent overburdened. When renters pay too much for their housing, it leaves little money for other necessities like food, clothes, or medicine.

The federal government says that renters are cost-burdened if they pay more than a third of their monthly income for rent and utilities.

How Much Is Rent in Cairo

Depending on size, the Fair Market Rent - HUDs measurement of the cost of an average housing unit - ranges from $685 to $1,540. FMRs are updated annually by HUD for every city and county nationwide.

Bed Size 2024 Fair Market Rents
Studio $685
One BR $742
Two BR $933
Three BR $1,315
Four BR $1,540
2024 Fair Market Rents in Cairo, Illinois

How many units are rented at Fair Market Rent (FMR) in Cairo?

Renters with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher must select a home that is at or below the area’s Fair Market Rent. Markets with a large share of units above FMR tend to have longer search times to find a qualified unit, while those with a large share of units below FMR tend to have more choices and shorter search times. The share below FMR can vary by size of unit, as shown in the table below.

These are the approximate number of units renting below the FMR in this market:

Unit Size Count of Units Below FMR Percentage of Total Units Below FMR
Studio 81 91 percent
One BR 43 100 percent
Two BR 20 51 percent
Rental Units Below FMR in Cairo, Illinois

How many affordable rental units are in Cairo?

There are a variety of federal affordable housing programs serving households in Cairo, Illinois including the following:

Federal Program Unit Count
Public Housing 158
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance 37
USDA Section 515 Rural Rental Housing 53
Tracked Units by Federal Program in Cairo, Illinois

Rental units may be funded in part by multiple federal programs.

Income Based Apartments in Cairo, Illinois

Cairo features 558 income based apartments. Tenants of income based apartments typically pay no more than 30% of their income towards rent and utilities.

Low Rent Apartments in Cairo, Illinois

There are 0 rent subsidized apartments that do not provide direct rental assistance but remain affordable to low income households in Cairo.

Housing Choice Vouchers in Cairo, Illinois

On average, Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers pay Cairo landlords $0 per month towards rent. The average voucher holder contributes $0 towards rent in Cairo.

The maximum amount a voucher would pay on behalf of a low-income tenant in Cairo, Illinois for a two-bedroom apartment is between $840 and $1,026.

Sourced from federal housing data and AffordableHousingOnline.com research.